ICA and Fenavi guide actions against Newcastle in Cauca, Colombia

Newcastle disease does not represent any risk to human health for consumers of chicken, eggs or poultry meat derivatives. The ICA has been joining forces with Fenavi, the National Police, the Government of Cauca and associations of producers, marketers and fans of combat birds, to establish joint actions to strengthen the control and surveillance activities implemented by the Institute during the health emergency. caused by Notifiable Newcastle in the department, which was diagnosed in the municipalities of Morales, Suárez and Piendamó. (Read: ICA confirms two outbreaks of High Virulence Newcastle Disease) At this time, ICA officials are carrying out control, epidemiological surveillance, vaccination and health education activities in the areas where the outbreaks have been detected. These activities focus on strengthening active and passive epidemiological surveillance, delimiting and establishing three work zones: - The focal zone where detection tasks are carried out through ...